Michael Hamer, MD
Neurology · Opelika, ALNPI 1851745335
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 269 payments — averaging $17.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Biogen$594
- Pfizer$360
- Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc$287
- Amgen$254
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$203
- plus $2K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,59697%
- Education$1393%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 81 | $1,317 |
| Biogen | 39 | $594 |
| Pfizer | 33 | $360 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 13 | $287 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 13 | $254 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 11 | $203 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $201 |
| UCB, Inc. | 6 | $156 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 8 | $151 |
| Argenx US, Inc. | 5 | $145 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 5 | $118 |
| Novartis | 5 | $108 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $99 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 4 | $89 |
| Greenwich Biosciences, Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 4 | $63 |
| Eisai Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 3 | $41 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $39 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $34 |
| Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Tanabe Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $21 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$4,735 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 255 neurology providers in Alabama.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| PrivigenImmun Glob G(Igg)/Pro/Iga 0-50 | 42 | $209,655 |
| AustedoDeutetrabenazine | 21 | $195,771 |
| IngrezzaValbenazine Tosylate | 14 | $109,722 |
| NuplazidPimavanserin Tartrate | 11 | $91,089 |
| UbrelvyUbrogepant | 61 | $81,556 |
| Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate | 44 | $77,869 |
| QuliptaAtogepant | 59 | $75,175 |
| Aimovig AutoinjectorErenumab-Aooe | 76 | $73,559 |
| Carbidopa-LevodopaCarbidopa/Levodopa | 314 | $19,233 |
| NuedextaDextromethorphan Hbr/Quinidine | 11 | $16,729 |
| VimpatLacosamide | 12 | $13,699 |
| Emgality PenGalcanezumab-Gnlm | 16 | $13,650 |
| Pregabalin | 160 | $10,513 |
| Lacosamide | 74 | $9,135 |
| Emgality SyringeGalcanezumab-Gnlm | 13 | $8,705 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Austedo | $203 | $195,77121 claims |
| AbbVieUbrelvy, Qulipta | $1,317 | $156,731120 claims |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.Ingrezza | $41 | $109,72214 claims |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals IncNuplazid | $287 | $91,08911 claims |
| PfizerNurtec Odt | $360 | $77,86944 claims |
| UCB, Inc.Vimpat | $156 | $13,69912 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 50th percentile of 255 neurology providers in Alabama.
Other neurology in Opelika
- Nojan ValadiOpelika$219K
- Emily RiserBirmingham$7.1M
- Christopher LagankeCullman$5.9M
- Louis NaborsBirmingham$3.2M
- Belinda Savage-EdwardsHuntsville$2.8M
- Khurram BashirBirmingham$2.8M
- David GeldmacherBirmingham$2.6M
- Victor SungBirmingham$2M
- Mina LobbousBirmingham$1.8M
- Diane CounceBirmingham$1.4M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.